U23 League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rudolf Björk got the match started through his kick off. Stefan Arenius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthias Bergkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute Meadow Village were awarded a corner. Matthias Bergkvist went to the cornerflag to take it. Meadow Village's Jarbas Sabóia was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Stefan Arenius in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Matthias Bergkvist was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 8th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Zero Hedge's Stefan Arenius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rudolf Björk in the 10th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Magnus Dalström got free with Alex Lundkvist in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stefan Arenius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarbas Sabóia in the 20th minute of the match. With a little luck, Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist got control of the ball when Karl-Magnus Dalström tried to sneak it across the goal line. Karl-Magnus Dalström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alex Lundkvist read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. With a little luck, Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist got control of the ball when Karl-Magnus Dalström tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 36th minute, Frans Valrot made a precise shot to the right of Stefan Arenius. Zero Hedge's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Bertil Berg hit a great ball. In the 43rd match minute, Meadow Village was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matthias Bergkvist to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Karl-Magnus Dalström made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svante Matsson in the 53rd minute of play forced Zero Hedge's goalkeeper Stefan Arenius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Frans Valrot had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stefan Arenius. Zero Hedge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Frans Valrot was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 66thth minute of the game Åke Jansson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Meadow Village's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matthias Bergkvist in the 78th minute. A nice corner shot did that Matthias Bergkvist got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stefan Arenius quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rudolf Björk in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stefan Arenius saved Zero Hedge from getting behind. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Jan-Olof Hjortsberg hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Zero Hedge's Alexander Johansson got a free kick in the 84th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matthias Bergkvist got free with Stefan Arenius in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stefan Arenius made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Frans Valrot sent off a good shot on target. Stefan Arenius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jarbas Sabóia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute Åke Jansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Lundkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.